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Detainee Habeas Cases Heard In Federal Court: At SCOTUSblog, Lyle Denniston reports that U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon will hear the first detainee habeas case on Monday, October 6th, 2008. Denniston notes this is the very same day the U.S. Supreme Court will return from their summer recess. Interestingly, the Boumediene case will be the first case heard by District Judge Leon in October. Judge Leon stated it was "mostly by coincidence" that Lakhdar Boumediene, one of the detainees prevailing in Boumediene v. Bush, would be the first to receive his habeas hearings. D.C. Circuit Appointment's Clause Decision: For those interested in separation of powers cases, Eugene Volokh and Jonathan Adler have posts at Volokh Conspiracy on the three-judge panel's decision in Free Enterprise Fund v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on August 22, 2008 (boomark / email).